Happy Friday Traces reader! It's time for our weekly Friday Book Giveaway! This week's chosen book is from our friends at Wakefield Press: The Kangaroo Islanders, written by W.A. Cawthorne.
Written in the mid-1850s before any official or more orthodox history of the South Australian colony had appeared, The Kangaroo Islanders is one of the few colonial novels that represents in fleeting glimpses some of the improvisational and interactive encounters between the colonisers and the colonised on the edges of the island continent.
A remarkable and colourful book, this novel represents life on Kangaroo Island in the period between 1802-1836.
Rick Hosking has annotated the book extensively with absorbing historical information and fascinating details of personalities and events, making this new edition of The Kangaroo Islanders a delight for both fiction fans and history buffs. And art lovers too, for the book includes pages of many of W.A. Cawthorne's best watercolours, reproduced in colour. A book for omnivores, indeed!
To enter: Like the post, tag a friend and tell us in the comments section: "What is your favourite Australian-written novel?"
Entries close Monday 16 November 5pm AEST. Australian entrants only. Winner will be announced via Facebook on Wednesday 18 November.
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